Category: Odd

Don’t get angry

It could kill you.

Anger, frustration, and other mental stress can trigger abnormal heart rhythms that may lead to sudden death, new research shows.

In the first study of its kind, a group of researchers has demonstrated that mental stress alone can provoke these dangerous heart rhythms.

So think happy thoughts while that sonnofabitch cuts you off on your commute home from work today.

Swiss Army Knife for Geeks

It’s got a blade, file, scissors, and a USB flash memory stick. Marketing gimmick at its finest.

Random Fact for the Day

Ringo Starr to be Santa Tracker this year

The former Beatle will be the honorary Santa tracker as the North American Air Defense Command follows his progress Christmas Eve on a Web site and on a toll-free phone number for children.

Really, I’m sure he’s just happy to have found work. Full Story.

Oregon State University tries to break pillow fight record

Leave it to those Beavers to do something like trying to gather more than 645 people in one place for a pillow fight. I just love this in the story: “Fighters will need to bring their own pillows. Rocks or weights in pillowcases, of course, are not allowed.” Really? I was planning on bring my bag o’ nickels and knocking somebody cold doing this. Christ, the event’s at noon, for cripes-sakes. If you held it later in the day, then you might have to worry about somebody showing up drunk and beating somebody senseless. Of course, if I went to OSU, I’d drink a bunch, too (sorry, it’s Civil War week so expect a few anti-rodentBeaver comments on here now and again).

Update on 11/17: Record was broken.

October is Window Covering Safety Month

Just in case you didn’t know about this event, the CPSC is wasting your tax dollars by advertising this month through “point-of-sale signage in retail stores, advertising circulars in newspapers and other marketing means.”

Gents: Don’t wear out your wrists with self-dating

There are machines that will take care of that for your now. That’s the nastiest device I’ve ever seen.

Couple will kiss for the first time on their wedding day

From Obscure Store:

August 16 is the big day. “We have all the same emotions everyone else does. We just decided to put guidelines to it,” says the 26-year-old bride-to-be. “We knew that if we starting touching, things were going to start happening.”

Full Story. My guess is they’ll be doing more than kissing later that night.

You need an Aircraft Carrier?

Man in prison for pogo stick beating

He said he hopes to get sprung soon [rim-shot]. Bad pun and Full Story from Fark.